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All about Mini Microscope.Patient Mood and Neuropsychological Outcome After Laparoscopic and Conventional Colectomy
Patient Mood and Neuropsychological Outcome After Laparoscopic and Conventional Colectomy
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The study was designed to compare patients after laparoscopic and conventional colectomy with regard to early postoperative mood, cognitive function, and neurocognitive variables S100β and neuron-specific enolase (NSE). Forty-five laparoscopic and 25 open colectomies were enrolled into the prospective study. Outcome measurements were positive and negative postoperative mood (BSKE), neuropsychological tests (Trail-Making Test; word reproduction; Stroop Test), and serum biochemical parameters (S100β; NSE). Following laparoscopic procedure, patients described significantly better positive mood (P < .05), tended to require less time in the Trail-Making Test and Stroop Test, and had lower postoperative serum concentrations of S100β compared to conventional colectomy patients (P < .01). The current results revealed several group differences, which, in their entirety, seem to represent a more beneficial outcome after laparoscopic colonic surgery.
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